France doesn’t want you to drive a car — and now it’s forcing auto companies to tell you not to. The country passed a law in December that will require car companies to tell people not to drive in its commercials, Agence France-Presse reports. The commercials will include messages encouragingContinue Reading
Only four years ago, the end of the Oil Age was seen as a far-fetched fantasy. It is now considered official policy in an increasing number of governments, states, towns, and business boardrooms worldwide. According to NPR, much has changed in four years, and “what was once a fringe conceptContinue Reading
The vast majority of the world’s fossil fuels are effectively “unextractable” and must remain in the ground if we want even half a chance at meeting our climate goals, according to a new study. For nations like Indonesia and Australia, the world’s leading exporters in coal, that will require abandoningContinue Reading
General Motors (GM), the largest legacy automaker in the United States, announced on Thursday that it plans to stop selling all gasoline or diesel-powered cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs by the year 2035. It’s a huge commitment for an automaker, especially because the vast majority of GM’s sales currently comeContinue Reading
Costa Rica, nestled between Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, is making plans to be entirely free of fossil fuels in the very near future. Costa Rica has made impressive strides in its campaign to rely strictly on renewable energy for its electricity. In 2017, it hadContinue Reading
